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Film, Video Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings

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Title

  • Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings

Summary

  • On July 24, 1896, the pioneering ethnologist Alice Fletcher recorded six wax cylinders documenting the singing of three Koreans who were studying in Washington, D.C. Now housed in the American Folklife Center Archive, these cylinders have proved to be the earliest known recordings of Korean music. As interesting as the recordings themselves, are the extraordinary circumstances surrounding how they came to be made, as well as the remarkable group of people, both Korean and American, who were involved in this landmark project. This richly illustrated lecture explores the historical circumstances and the musical significance of these remarkable and remarkably early wax cylinders.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-01-27.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Performing Arts, Music
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Robert Provine.
  • -  Recorded on 2009-01-27.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688047

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-27, 2009. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688047/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2009) Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-27. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688047/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-27, 2009. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688047/>.